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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24
BEAUTIFUL CORFU.
A Charming Island Known as the Garden
of the Mediterranean.

A Charming Island Known as the Garden
of the mediterranean.
And thus, between these islands and
albania" the good ship proceeds to
Corfu, that garden of the Mediter-
land-locked bar, exactly twelve hours
after leaving Brindisi. One gasps in
the effort TO describe these lovely spots
of earth Dante is far more impress
sive when his genius puts forth its
strength i'm the "Inferno" than when
he writes his "Paradiso;" and similarly
one does not feel the limitations of one
powers in the attempted depletion
of the commonplace. But it is with
Corfu as with sweet Helen of Troy,
who paralyzed the pen, and was best
to be seen portrayed in the wonder and
admiration of those who were priv
legged to come face to face with her.
One leans over the side of the ship, and,
as it were, absorbs in silence into ones
system the soft contour of its many
sided hills; the stately grace of its cy-
presses growing in the town and crest
ing tbe dark rock which, even as a
fortress, impresses with its sOlemnity
rather than its strength; the mellow
color of its old Venetian houses, green
and white, soaring high against the
blue heavens; the clamor of its boat
men, discordant enough when one has
II personal interest in the hubbub, but
otherwise merely stranpa sounds in a
strange place; the orange sails of its
fishing-boats at anchor in the bay, their
Eg prows carved with uncouth saints
and figures; the ruined islands hard by,
and the distant rocks of the Lazzaretto
against background of deep foliage
where gardens and orange-groves run
to the waters edge; the Venetian cam
paniles of its churches; the villas and
villages nesting in the hooks of the
hills and the mountains, two thousand
feet and more above the sea level; and
the majestic gray hills with their snow
capped attendants on the Albanian
shore, which, at distance of five or six
miles, form firm bar on the eastern
side of the harbor. There can be no
more beautiful port in the world than
this of Corfu. To appreciate the dis
of the British Govern
ment, one ought to see Corfu. No in
dividual would have given away such a
SO freely, even though it
seemed ever so reasonably demanded
of him.-1U The Year Round.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24
FROM FOUR TO srxTy.FoUR.

A visitor to q school examination In
Athens or Rome on q day In the year A.
d. one might have heard the question
asked by the teacher, How many ele-
ments are there in naturel" and the
scholars answer, as found in the books,
would have been, 'Four-earth, air, tire
and water" That answer was as far as
science had reached at that time, but
diligent research, prosecutedFin the inter.
vening ages, has given to the scholar of
to-day different an wer. A visitor to a
school in London or Paris or Philadelphia
would hear the same question replied to
by a modern scholar with ''sixty-four!"
One of the most Interesting discoveries
made in modern times by delivers into the
mys cries of natur is that of compound
Oxygen. Drs. STARKEY & PALEN, of
Philadelphia, the physicians who have
been for years treating their patients with
this remedy, are glad to satisfy the cur
ious in regard to it, and will mail free to
any applicant copy of their brochure Of
nearly z0I pages, entitled compound
Oxygen, its Mode of Action and Results. 4"
Orders for the Compound Oxygen Home
Treatment will be filed by ii. A. Mathews
6l5 Powell Street, San Francisco.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24
e, A SUGGESTION TO. THE TRAVELLING
PURTIC

=, Tourists, emlgrants and mariners find that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a medicinal
safeguard against unhealthful influences. up
on which they can implicitly rely, since it pre-
vents the effects of vitiated atmosphere, unac-
customed or unwholesome diet, bad water, or
other conditions unfavorabls to health. On
long voyages, or journeys in ATTITUDES adjacent
to the equal Or it is especially useful proven
tive of the febrile complaints and disorders of
the stomach, liver and bowels which are apt
to attack natives of the temperate zone So
JonrninE or travelling in such regions, and it is
extreme cold sudden changes of temperature,
exposure to damp or extreme fatigue. 1t not
only prevents intermittent and remittent fever,
and other diseases of malarial type but
graduates them. fact which has been motor
ioos for years past in North and South Amer
1oa Mexico, the West Indies, Australia and
other countries.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24
NEW GOLD FIELDS.
Discovery of Rich Mineral Deposits in
Southern India and British Guinea.

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Southern India and British Guinea.
New and apparently rich and extern
sive gold fields have been discovered in
Mysore, native state of Southern In
dia. The country is an elevated table
Land of largely granite formation. The
Dewan of Mysore, in his recent budget
speech before the Representative AS
sembly of the State. announced that
although only beginning had been
made of opening the mines, already
33,36S rupees had been paid into the
Government Treasury as royalty on
the gold extracted. History and tradi-
ton point to Mysore as a country which
in remote past produced great guam
titles of gold, and the remains of ex-
tensive ancient workings are found
scattered throughout the country.
East Indian authorities affirm that
the Ophir of King Solomon is now
identified as a part of Mysore. 1t
might be easier to take that asser-
ton for granted than to find the
proof, but if rich and extensive
gold fields can be developed in a
country having "a healthful climate and
communication by rail with British In
dia, the miners can afford to leave the
question of Identification to the anti
quarians, while working this welcome
addition to the specie resources of the
world for all it is worth. Still later
come advices through Consular chan
nels of gold discoveries in British Gui-
ana. No lodges have been discovered,
out about 5000 persons. mostly colored
and inexperienced in gold mining, took
out about $3.50, 900 last year by washing
IN the water-coul'ses, and this wear the
output is expected to reach s., 900. 900.
The climate is very insalubrious. espe-
,ially to whites; but the thirst for gold
will lead thousands to dare the most
pestilential cline if it promise fortune
1t is opportune that when the decrease
Of the product of California and Aus
tralia creates fear of scarcity of gold
for the wants of business, that these
discoveries, in connection with others
IN Columbia. Bolivia, Patagonia, South
Africa. China, Alaska and elsewhere.
seem likely to maintain the needed sup
bly, Chicago journal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

KINGSTON, ONTARIO, December Z, 1885.
Six years ago l caught a severe cold
standing in an ice house with my coat off
felt myself getting chilly and went to
the house. where shook for half an hour
and then had high fever and terrible pain
in my side and though my lungs. l put
an ALLooCK's Porous PLASTER on my
back and one on the front of my chest, and
in short time the pain decreased and
fell asleep, and did not wake until the next
morning. when | was again quite as well
as ever In telling my doctor about it.
he said had been attacked with pleurisy
and, POSSIBLY, pneumonia.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24
Suffering WOInanlOOd.

Too much effort cannot be made to bring to
the attention of suffering womanhood the great
value of Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable CON-
pound as a remedy for the diseases of women
Such an one is the wife of General Barringer of
Winston. N. c., and We quote from the Gen.
erals letter as follows Dear Mrs. Pinkbam
Please allow me to add my testimony to the
most excellent medicinal qualities of your Veg
etable Compound. Mrs Barringer was treated
for several years for what the physician called
Leucorrhpa and Prolapsus Uteri combined.
sent her to Richmond. Va. where she remained
for six months under the treatment of an emf
nent physician without any permanent benefit.
She was induced to try your medicine and after
reasonable time commenced to improve and
Is now able TO attend to her business and con
siders herself FULLY RELIEVED" General Bar
rington is the proprietor Of the American Hotel,
Winston, N. c., and is widely known.I
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24
DlSAGREEABLE TRAITS.
How Many Good Men and Women Make
Themselves Unpopular.

now many GOOD Men and Women Make
Themselves Unpopular.
"Ihere are people," said an old d.
vine, ''who lead us heavenward. but
they stick pins in us all the way" Of
these was a certain English poet, whose
hymns have strengthened many
fainting soul. But the poet had such
habit Of smiling and hawking, that his
best friends could scarcely endure his
company. OF these, too, was we'll
known American woman, foremost in
the last generation as reformer and
philanthropist. Nobody ever doubted
her purity of soul or the power of her
lntellect her name now is cited as that
of one of the most brilliant conversers
which America ever produced. But in
reality she talked as soon as she had a
moment cessation, raising her voice
to drown any reply which was ventured.
Friend and foe wearied of the never
ending clatter. of which Il" was both
the center and circumference. OF this
unfortunate class, too, are many OBJ
scure good people, such, for example,
as Godfrey c.. He began, like Her
cules, to be a hero in his cradle. Even
as baby he was generous, and bore
pain without whimper As a man he
was large-natured, liberal, the leader in
every helpful work in his State, faithful
to his family, for whom he drudped
until his strength failed from overwork
and he died in middle age. Yet il
taxed the patience of friend, wife or
child to be an hour in the company of
this earnest, affectionate man. He
would bang doors, he would clap sick
woman on the back, he would shout out
inquiries as to your deafness or poverty
before "A room full of people, he shov-
eled his food into his mouth with his
knife, he wore coats and shirts stained
with tobacco, he discussed your private
AFFAIRS whenever he met YOU. Yet he
never understood why his wife was
ashamed of him, or why his children
managed to keep him out of their little
parties. He went to his grave with
sore heart because of these hurts.
Much of the misery of life comes to
men and women because of little dis
agreeable traits which obscure their
real character, precisely as mist does
fine mirror. such traits are usually
only the result of stubborn self-will.
They are petty habits, acquired in
childhood, which the boy refuses to
give up simply because they are his
own. God, who sees the heart, looks
beneath these outward appearances,
but the world too often sees no deeper
than the surface, and judges the man
by them. - Youths Companion.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

He who is false to present duty" says
Henry Ward Beecher, breaks thread
in the loom, and will find the flaw when
he may have forg often it's cause" Acase
in point occurs to us. Mr.. William Ryder
of 81 Jefferson street, Buffalo N. Y, re-
Gently told reporter that II had a large
abscess on each leg, that kept continually
discharging for twenty years. Nothing
did me any good except DIR. Pierce's Col
den Medical Discovery! 1t cured lac"
Here is a volume expressed in few words
Mr.. Ryder's experience is entitled to our
readers careful consideration Sun.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24
MEXICAN VANILLA.
How the Beans Are Cultivated and r
pared for the Market.


How the Beans Are Cultivated and Pre-
pared for the Market.
The vanilla bean Casually called
vainilla) is the produce of an orchid
creeper which, although growing from
the root, is parasite, as it will grow
even when cut from the root; for it
takes its substance from the tree, around
which it clngs by means of its thou
sands of fine tendr1ls. Like all para
sites, there are trees which are par
ticularly adapted to its support. They
are planted about ten feet apart, in
rows, at the foot of small trees which
are left in clearing the land. They be-
gin to bear the third year, and in
favorable years give from $500 to 81 900
per acre. No cultivation is needed but
to cut down the grass and weeds, no
blowing or digging being necessary.
The bean is often gathered in Septem-
Der and October, but if left till the end
of November or December it comes to
perfection. 1t is then gathered care
fully and spread out in the sun on
mats, if the weather be favorable, but
if otherwise, it is placed in ovens; which
processes change the color from pale
green to II rich brownish or purple. and
at the same time develop the oil, which
on pressure, exudes from the bean. They
are then packed in blankets while
warm, and put into large tin cases to
go through sweating process; again
put in the sun, and again in the blank
cts, until they attain the proper color.
They are then placed in dry
room upon shelves made of
some open material, SO that the
air can circulate around and
under them. This evaporates all the
watery part of the bean. When suffi-
GENTLY dried, they are put into large
cases ready to be assorted into sizes
and qualities. The person that raises
the bean seldom cures them. for that
requires good deal of care and spec
ial attention. There are about fifteen
different classes, but they are sold by
the packers at ore round price. The
people will work only about one hun
dred days in the year, which provides
them with all they need; and as they
will do no more, there is very little in
crease in the production of any hing
When the beans are assorted, they are
tied up neatly in lunches of fifty beans
each, and packed in cases often hold
ing from two to three thousand. These
tin cases are lined with tin foil, and
ticket placed on the lid giving the
quality, size and quantity. Some five
or six of these tin cases are put into a
neatly-made cedar-chest, which is
sometimes lined with zinc and hermet-
ically sealed, SO as to prevent moisture
from getting to the vanilla in trans
port, which would ruin it. These ce-
dar cases are then sewed in mats and
covered with coarse bagging, to avoid
the danger of transportation on mules.
In this manner all the Mexican vanilla
goes to places of sale in Europe and the
United States. Formerly France was
the great market for Mexican vanilla,
but the enterprise of some of the Amer
can merchants has diverted the trade
to New York, which is now the great
depot of vanilla.-DrugytstS' Circular.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

millions OF WaSnDOaruS are made
and sold annually in this country. 1t
is estimated that not less than 7200,0
of them are sold every year between
the Allegheny mountains and the Mis-
souri, river.
The Chevalier van Flewyck, of
Louvain, has just perfected, after
thirty-eight years of labor, machine
for recording all music extemporized
upon the piano. His invention is
worked by means of electricity, and he
has been assisted in the mechanical de-
tails by NJ Kermis, an engineer of
Brussels.
"A tunnel is projected, to be bored
under Gray's Peak, in the Rocky Noun
tains. 1t will be placed 4,44l feet be-
low the summit of the mountain, will
be %, 900 feet long, and will give direct
communication between the valleys in
the Atlantic Slope and those of the Pa
citic side, with shortening of some
300 miles in the transmontane dis
lance. San Francisco Chronicle.
In 1870 nine-tenths of the popula-
ton of Massachusetts were engaged in
agriculture, while in 1880 only one
eighth were occupied with that class of
work. In the great States of New York
and Pennsylvania four-ifths of the peo-
pie are not engaged in agriculture, and
in Illinois, the greatest agricultural
State in the Union, less than one-half
of the population is occupied with
farming. Boston Herald.
The difficulty of sighting rifles in
the dark in warfare has been ingeniously
overcome by the use of luminous paint.
A small luminous bead is clipped on to
the rifle over the foresight, and another
over the rear sight when used at night
in reply to an enemy's fire, forming
two luminous sights. The British War
Office authorities have had some of
these sights under trial for the past six
months, and have now given their first
order for them.
"A new method of manufacturing
car-wheels has been tested at Wilkes
barre, Pa. with satisfactory results.
By the old method three men could
make only eighteen wheels per day of
twelve hours. BY the new process the
same number of men can turn out
perfect wheel every minute, or 720 per
day. One of the principal features of
the new method is the use of steel
core, instead of one of sand, in casting
the wheel. The core is removed by
knocking out center key, leaving the
hole perfectly true and ready to put
upon the axle at once. without dressing
or boring. Pittsburgh Post.
-Shoe-pegs require 100000 cords of
timber annually in their manufacture;
matches, 300, lasts and boot trees,
100000. All this is of the most superior
quality, straight grained, and clear of
knots and gnarls. To raise the tele-
graph poles of the country requireJI
800, 900 trees, and 100000 more are ~
quired for annual repair. The "a,
ties of the country annually rolaa,',, ay
$4,000 acres of timber at oo'. .,.''.,
years old. and the fencip l."s. ;, ,nm "
represents SIS, 1000 900 ~ Oh railway, :,
repair SIS. aho 'he annual
moietv of what is "These are but
supply. The IoTequred of our forest
REQUIRES . OOoAurning of brick alone
nually.-N 1900 cords of wood an
s.~nadlsX. Tribune.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

An evening paper, in giving re-
port of recent meeting Of washer
women in Berlin, said, after explaining
that the male sex were carefully ex-
cluded from the room, that the women,
on discovering that gentleman was in
their midst, ''rose as one man. IN Y
IeLe1rnm.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

Bill Nyest the western humorist, is tall
lank. smooth faced, bald headed, wears
glasses and is as mild and pleasant as
shepherd dog. Bill never was intoxi-
Gated but once at a press banquet at
Denver, over which General Field pre-
sided
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

Madame" he began, as he lifted
his hat at the front door. II am solicit
ing for home charities. We have hun
1teds of ragged and rude children like
those at your gate and our object is"
Sir those are my own children.
And the front door was violently
slammed to.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

An inebriated Newburger at an
early hour in the morning was found
by policeman firing his revolver into
the door of his residence. and when the
officer demanded the meaning of this
performance, exclaimed: Cant find
the key hole of thish darned door, and
I'm shootin' in new one. Got to get
thish key in somehow. "-Mtddlebmry
MercMrN.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

-"Oh! I've loved beforc!" said six
weeks bride to her fourth husband, as
she took a handful of hair from his
head because he refused to hang out
he week S washing.-Haryord Sunday
Journal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

FONSENl FAnA0nAFF1Ss
If every man was as big as he feels
there wouldn't be standing-room in
this country.
--One of the queer things of life is
that the man who knows it all seldom
can tell any of it to anybody's satisfac-
tion.-Journal of Education.
-Patient-''Why do you watch the
thermometer on the wall so closely?"
Nurse-"Because the doctor said if the
temperature riz, should give you the
quinine."
When YOU ask railroad official at
what time train starts or arrives and
he happens to know, you may put it
down as a genuine railroad accident
Puck
The Earth is the name of a monthly
journal just started in New York. 1t
ought to have large circulation, as
there are thousands that "want the
earth. "--Chscago Journal!
"A New York exchange tells the
story of a tragedy under the startling
headline: Found Hanging by His
be found, if not hanging by their wives?
Boston Transcript.
i am now preparing poem entitled
''The Umbrella. 1t is dainty little
bit of verse, and my hired man thinks
it is gem. Icalled it 1.-The Umbrella"
so that it would not be returned. Blu
Nye.
-Spriggs-''How much older is your
sister than you, johnny" Johnny-"I
dunno. Maud ulster be twenty-five
years, then she was twenty, and now
she amt only eighteen. l guess we'll
soon be twins"
why are poets called bardsp"
asked McSwilligen. "Really, l don't
know why" replied Squildig; ''do youP"
81 think it is because their productions
are SO often barred out of the papers"
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Joe, what do you think of the
brain-food thcory?" "Bill, 1 think
there's good deal in it," $50 do l.
am going to eat more fish and oysters.
They're plenty" That's so. Bill. But
where do you propose to get the
brainsp" -Hdrper's Bazdr.
The number of newspapers printed
in this country is 10, 1876. If man does
a praiseworthy act, only II out of the
13, 496 hear of it. If he gets mixed up
in piece of scandal, only II out of the
10, 496 don't hear of it. NJ Y Graphic.
Il suppose you have had many
prominent men for patients. said
gentleman to dentist. 20, yes; and
have found that theis tongues, in
most cases, resemble thei' teeth" ''In
what respect?" Because they have
been stopped by gold. y Chicago Jour-
G1I.
"A newly arrived Swede, who didn't
know word of English, conceived
the idea of sending himself by ex-
press from New York to Milwaukee;
but he failed. because he oopl5r':
lind words to express himself. N Y.
Journal
Old gentleman (walking very care
fully -Hallo, bub! This fine snow sort
of covers up the ice so that you can't
see it, doesn't itP Small boy (holding
on to the fence)- You're right, old
man, but you feel it just as much when
you sit dow. u oweH Citizen.
III We are to act rightly, we must
know what right is; and to this end the
mind must be informed the Judgment
exercised, the reason strengthened, the
intellect cultivated. Every battle
against ignorance, every effort to ex-
pound the laws of our being and to
show how the truest happiness and the
highest duty are always consonant, is a
direct help to the cause of right-doing.-
~ Y Examiner.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

-Pocket-warmers are new device
'or keeping the hands warm. A warmer
is composed of tin box an inch in di-
imeter and six inches long, holding a
Iuse OF slow-burning material, which
ourns for more than an hour without
smoke or gas. The warmer is put in
pocket OF carried in "a muff. Boston
Journal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

Acarpet sweeper is invaluable in din.
ing room where small children eat, but
should never be used for general sweep
ing.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

4 do you object to smoking, Miss
FLOP" asked young Dumley. mot at
Nall" replied Miss Flo. "But | don't
want pa to see me. He's got old-fash-
Stoned notions about such things, you
know"
Il Customer Gin restauranG. Waiter,
I ism I it strange that | should find sew
Ieral flies in my soup' Waiter (some-
fltvhat amazed). 1t am strange for a
Mac sab, fer dis season OBJ the YEAH
Wrappers Bazar.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

If a cough disturbs your sleep, take
Piso's Cure for C. assumption and rest well.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24

''HSrOwn's Bronchial TrOches''
will relieve Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh
and Throat Diseases.